Amanda Bynes Goes Platinum Blonde, Parties With Michael Costello

After taking a break from Twitter in March, the actress returned to the social network site, posting a cute selfie to mark her return. "Me and the fabulous Michael Costello (I'm wearing one of his beautiful gowns) at the SOAR Los Angeles Gala!," she captioned the snap of herself (rocking platinum blonde hair) and the celeb fashion designer Tuesday.

Me and the fabulous Michael Costello (I'm wearing one of his beautiful gowns) at the SOAR Los Angeles Gala! pic.twitter.com/5gLWEKhVJ9

While this pic might be giving an 'I'm going to airbrush myself and let my friend have a natural glow' moment, we're happy to see Amanda looking happy, healthy and being positive, nevertheless. The fashion guru also posted a couple of shots of himself and Amanda after they hung out at the Society of Orphaned Armenian Relief's black-tie gala Sunday and at his and Style PR's capsule collection launch party in Los Angeles last month (she looked gorge in that pic too).

At the time, Michael told E! News he didn't know she was going to attend the event in July, but found her presence to be a pleasant surprise. "Our event planner is friends with her attorney, but I had no idea Amanda was such a huge, huge fan of my work," he said.
"She was really cool and was super nice, and we talked a lot about fashion!"

"She is actually is going to come and do some designs and sew with me," Michael continued. "I invited her to come over anytime she wants to use the sewing machines and I would teach her a little. She really liked that! We talked about her going to FIDM, and her sketches."

It looks like Amanda is back on the right track. She and Michael haven't teamed up just yet, but we're looking forward to them collaborating in the future.

First sign of trouble? Having been out of the spotlight for a few years, Amanda got hounded by the media after her arrest on a DUI charge in April 2012. She later wrote on Twitter, “I can’t help but laugh at all of you writing fake stories about me. I was not in any hit and runs. I don’t drink so the DUI is false.”

In June 2012, Amanda's attorney entered a not guilty plea on her behalf for the April DUI arrest. She went on to ask President Obama for help with her legal troubles, tweeting him, “Hey @BarackObama…I don’t drink. Please fire the cop who arrested me. I also don’t hit and run. The end.”

In September 2012, Amanda was stopped and cited for driving with a suspended license after a judge ordered her not to drive. Police impounded her car and gave her a misdemeanor citation after they saw her park in a no-parking zone and drive around aimlessly.

A day later, TMZ reported that Amanda locked herself in the dressing room of a West Hollywood clothing store for two hours September 17, 2012. On September 18, she was reportedly kicked out of a Hollywood gym spinning class for wearing lingerie. Then, she locked herself in the bathroom of a cupcake shop in New York about a week later.

Debuting her new look in February 2013 Amanda posted a pic to show some love to her fans with the caption, "Mwah!" This is also around the same time she started calling everyone ugly and developed a bit of an obsession with Drake.

She may be covering up here, but she posted a ton of selfies online in April 2013. The actress also tweeted that she had an eating disorder and wanted the media to only use photos she uploaded when writing about her.

After starting a fire at an elderly person's house in Thousand Oaks (and spilling gas on her own dog), Amanda was hospitalized on psychiatric hold. She then got transferred to a UCLA psych ward and went to rehab in Malibu. She was seen walking her dog (with no wig on) in December 2013.

Talk about turning things around. Not only did she successfully complete her time in rehab, but she went on to take her first semester at FIDM! When she finished that, she shared this pic of her bikini bod in Cabo while she was enjoying her 28th birthday getaway with her mom and dad.

Amanda posted this shot on Instagram of herself in May 2014 looking lovely as she posed next to her sister. But, things soon took a turn when she was busted for DUI in Sept. 28, 2014.

She was charged with a misdemeanor after California Highway Patrol police determined she was under the influence of a controlled substance while driving, E! Online reported.

This was a huge setback for Amanda considering the charge violated her probation stemming from her 2012 DUI arrest. According to the site, the actress faces at least four days in jail if she is convicted of a second-offense DUI.

After getting busted for a DUI, Amanda allegedly walked into a Barney's in NYC on Oct. 8, put a $200 hat on her head and attempted to walk out. Police were called, but security declined to press charges after she signed a waiver agreeing to never come to the store again.

On the same day, she was caught on camera twerking on her bodyguard, stripping down to her bra and more inside of Manhattan boutique Pookie & Sebastian.

After acting erratically in Los Angeles and NYC, Amanda attended NYLON Magazine's IT Girl Party at Gilded Lily in New York City Oct. 6 with what appeared to be an engagement ring on her finger. She went on to tell InTouch Weekly that she's engaged to a 19-year-old guy named Caleb.

On Oct. 10, Amanda went on a troubling Twitter rant, accusing her dad of sexual, physical and verbal abuse (allegations that her mom denied in a statement). Then she recanted and blamed the rant on "the microchip in my head." The actress was later placed on a 5150 psychiatric hold and checked into rehab in a Los Angeles area facility.

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